The 800s

809

Ōtomo no Otomaro, Japanese general (born 731)

Ōtomo no Otomaro was a Japanese general of the Nara period and of the early Heian period. He was the first to hold the title of sei-i taishōgun. The title of Shōgun was bestowed b…

Ōtomo no Otomaro, Japanese general (born 731)

809

Otomo no Otomaro, Japanese general and Shogun (born 731)

Ōtomo no Otomaro was a Japanese general of the Nara period and of the early Heian period. He was the first to hold the title of sei-i taishōgun. The title of Shōgun was bestowed b…

Otomo no Otomaro, Japanese general and Shogun (born 731)

806 1220 years ago

Li Shigu, Chinese general (born 778)

Li Shigu, also rendered as Yi Sago, was a Chinese military general and politician of the Tang dynasty, who, as the military governor (Jiedushi) of Pinglu Circuit, ruled the circuit…

Li Shigu, Chinese general (born 778)

806 1220 years ago

Arab–Byzantine wars: The Abbasid army departed Raqqa in northern Syria to begin an invasion of Byzantine-controlled Asia

The Arab–Byzantine wars or Muslim–Byzantine wars were a series of wars from the 7th to 11th centuries between the successive Islamic caliphates and the Byzantine Empire. Following …

Arab–Byzantine wars: The Abbasid army departed Raqqa in northern Syria to begin an invasion of Byzantine-controlled Asia

805

Æthelhard, archbishop of Canterbury

Æthelhard was a Bishop of Winchester then an Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England. Appointed by King Offa of Mercia, Æthelhard had difficulties with both the Kentish monarc…

Æthelhard, archbishop of Canterbury

805

Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a landlocked state of Germany. It borders the states of Baden-Württemberg to the west, Hesse to the north-west, and Thuringia and …

Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising

804

Alcuin, English monk and scholar (born 735)

Alcuin of York, also called Ealhwine, Alhwin, or Alchoin, was an Anglo-Latin scholar, clergyman, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria. He was born around 735 and became the stu…

Alcuin, English monk and scholar (born 735)

803

Bardanes Tourkos is proclaimed emperor by rebellious Byzantine troops.

Bardanes, nicknamed Tourkos, "the Turk", was a Byzantine general who launched an unsuccessful rebellion against Emperor Nikephoros I in 803. Although a major supporter of Byzantine…

Bardanes Tourkos is proclaimed emperor by rebellious Byzantine troops.

803

Higbald of Lindisfarne, English bishop

Higbald of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 780 or 781 until his death on 25 May 803. Little is known about his life except that he was a regular communicator with Alcuin…

Higbald of Lindisfarne, English bishop

803

Irene of Athens, Byzantine ruler (born 752)

Irene of Athens, surname Sarantapechaena, was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV from 775 to 780, regent during the childhood of their son Constantine VI from 780 until 79…

Irene of Athens, Byzantine ruler (born 752)

801 1225 years ago

An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura

An earthquake originating in the Central Apennines was felt in Rome and Spoleto on 29 April 801. It is reported in two independent contemporary sources, Einhard's Royal Frankish An…

An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura

801 1225 years ago

Drogo of Metz, Frankish bishop (died 855)

Drogo, also known as Dreux or Drogon, was an illegitimate son of Frankish emperor Charlemagne by the concubine Regina.

Drogo of Metz, Frankish bishop (died 855)

800

Staurakios, Byzantine general

Staurakios was a Byzantine Greek eunuch official, who rose to be one of the most important and influential associates of Byzantine empress Irene of Athens. He effectively acted as …

Staurakios, Byzantine general